Funding For Booktrust (EDM1330)

Funding For Booktrust

EDM number 1330 in 2010-12, proposed by Tom Watson on 24/01/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Charities and Schools.

That this House notes with concern the Department for Education's decision of December 2010 to cut all Government funding for Booktrust; welcomes the Secretary of State for Education's recent decision to review the cut to Booktrust's funding; applauds the national impact that Booktrust has had in encouraging positive attitudes to books, reading for pleasure and family reading, by providing book gifts for children, resources and targeted campaigns; and calls on the Government to safeguard the future funding of Booktrust's Bookstart, Booktime and Booked Up reading programmes beyond March 2011.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tom Watson	24/01/2011	West Bromwich East	Labour	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	24/01/2011	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Mark Durkan	24/01/2011	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Andrew George	24/01/2011	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Graham Stringer	25/01/2011	Blackley and Broughton	Labour	Seconded
Paul Murphy	25/01/2011	Torfaen	Labour	Seconded
Jim Shannon	25/01/2011	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Albert Owen	25/01/2011	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	25/01/2011	Gower	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	26/01/2011	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Tom Blenkinsop	26/01/2011	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	26/01/2011	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	26/01/2011	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	26/01/2011	North Down	Independent	Signed
Ian Davidson	27/01/2011	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Pat Glass	27/01/2011	North West Durham	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	31/01/2011	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	31/01/2011	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	31/01/2011	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	31/01/2011	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Alun Michael	31/01/2011	Cardiff South and Penarth	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	31/01/2011	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	31/01/2011	Mitcham and Morden	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	31/01/2011	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	01/02/2011	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Naomi Long	02/02/2011	Belfast East	Alliance	Signed
Caroline Lucas	02/02/2011	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	03/02/2011	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Steve Rotheram	03/02/2011	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	07/02/2011	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	10/02/2011	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	17/02/2011	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	07/03/2011	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	21/03/2011	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed

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